Murray said the conservatory cancelled classes Monday, in case there was structural damage.

The conservatory began teaching performing arts in 1996 at the current Chebucto Road location, but the building itself is much older. Built in 1910, it has been a school and even a morgue during the Halifax Explosion.

Murray credits the nearby Ummah Mosque and Community Centre and the Maritime Muslim Academy with providing buckets, mops “and everything else to try to stop the water.”

He said the conservatory hopes to have the roof covered by Tuesday, but he wasn’t sure when the building would reopen.